The Press: Exposing International Secrets

For incurring official wrath, two Israeli editors were dealt even
harsher punishment than Colonel Moranda. Last December, Shemuel Mohr
and Maxim Ghilan decided to try a little political sensationalism to
boost the circulation (10,000) of their sex-oriented magazine, Bui.
Under the headline "Stinking International Affair," they wrote that
Israeli government officials were hushing up facts about the kidnaping
of Moroccan Leftist Mehdi ben Barka in 1965. Not only were the French
and Moroccan secret services involved in the plot, suggested Bui, but
so was Israel.

As soon as he learned of the story, Israeli Minister of Justice Jacob
Shapiro ordered all copies...